Working Bees

Working Bee – Sunday 26th August 2012

/ Woodend Landcare

Please come along and help us to clean up the area along the creek near the southern end of Tennyson Street on Sunday morning the 26th August, commencing at 9.30AM.

Bring gum boots if possible as the area is very muddy.

Weather permitting, our aim is to rake up masses of willow twigs and small branches and hopefully burn them.

This site will be re-planted at a later stage, but we do need to clean up a lot of the debris in the meantime.

See you there!

Working bee and chainsaw training – this Sunday (the 27th November)

/ Woodend Landcare

A reminder that the monthly Sunday working bee will be held this weekend on the 27th of November from 09.30am at the Envirofund area via the northern end of Wood St.

The general plan is to do the usual cleaning up around our plantings which will be mainly whipper snipper work. Others can weed in plant guards and generally tidy them up, and also cut and paint the gorse and broom plants.

Morning tea will be provided and whipper snippers would be useful!

ALSO … we have decided to proceed with the chainsaw safety session after the working bee.

Weather permitting, it will commence at noon in the paddocks near Badgers Removals at the northern end of Wood St. The charge will be minimal for non-members and free for Landcare members.

This session will only cover some basic safety aspects and will only last for about one hour, so those who need to can escape for lunch. Luke has agreed to stay around for anyone who wants to discuss things, but the likelihood is that we will run a slightly expanded course covering some maintenance aspects as well as the safety issues early next year. This may be a dedicated Sunday morning session rather than being at the end of working bee.

If the brief session on Sunday is OK for you, please come along with your saw if you have one. Otherwise let us know if you would like to be contacted for a longer sessions next year.

Scouts lend a helping hand

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Woodend Landcare and the local Scouts had a good working bee on Sunday the 23rd of October at the “Scout Billabong” below their hall. Landcare volunteers did a lot of whipper snipping around the edges and between the older plantings. A small group of Scouts, their leaders Jenny and Andrew Johnson together with some parents helped us toplant another 100 Lomandras. Several of the Scouts have now qualified for their Landcare badges.
Our temporarily incapacitated Vice-President, Jo Clancy made a guest appearance at morning tea time. Many thanks to Linda Vale and Marjorie Wilton for a beautiful morning tea and of course thanks to all those who helped out with the cleaning up and planting. The area looks a lot better now.
The eastern third of the billabong is still unplanted as there are still some weeds to be dealt with. Woodend Landcare plan to do a larger planting there next year. The group will also re-visit the site now and then but we hope the Scouts will also do some maintenance there too.
The Woodend Scouts Team get stuck into the project with great enthusiasm

The Scouts Billabong now looks a lot better

A big thanks to everyone who helped out!

Working bee: Sunday 23rd October

/ Woodend Landcare

The monthly Woodend Landcare working bee is to be held this Sunday from 9.30AM.

We are joining with the Scouts to plant about 100 more native plants around the billabong below the scout hall. Access either from the scout hall and then walk down to the creek or drive in via Jeffreys Street.

Morning tea and tools provided. Depending on attendance, some weeding and cleaning up around previous plantings may be on the agenda, so bring your gloves.